Introduction to Cyber-Physical Systems

Overview of the course

Cyber-physical and embedded systems increasingly pervade all walks of our lives where applications range from agriculture and healthcare to energy, manufacturing and social networks. The course will provide a course overview of the Master program on cyber-physical and embedded systems.

Basic concepts and forms of computing in CPS and embedded systems will be discussed and properties such as real time, dependability, cyber-intelligence, safety and security will be covered. Basic scheduling techniques will be introduced as well as overview of key protocols for wireless communication will be presented. Then main operating systems and processor architectures used in the CPS and embedded systems will be reviewed followed by applications case studies and trends.

Contents

Introduction

World of cyber-physical and embedded systems

Sensors, actuators and networks

Real-time systems

Scheduling and worst-case execution time (WCET)

Dependability and safety

Security

Wireless communication (WLAN, Bluetooth, ZigBee, GSM)

Real-time communication

Group communication and consensus

Clock synchronisation

Operating systems basics

Operating systems: RealTime Linux, Windows CE, OSEK and PURE OS

Processor architectures and FPGA’s for CPS and embedded systems

Low Power – basic techniques

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Case studies and trends

The course includes lab experience. The students will be introduced to Arduino boards and develop applications in the assigned projects.